A collection of poems about the magic and wonder of poetry.
Note
"Book designed by Jane Breskin Zalben"--Title page verso.
Study Program
Reading Counts RC 3-5 5.5 4 Quiz: 05856.
Contents
Inside a poem / Eve Merriam -- Poetry ; There isn't time / Eleanor Farjeon -- Take a word like cat ; Where do you get the idea for a poem? / Karla Kuskin -- Poets go wishing / Lilian Moore -- Unfolding bud / Naoshi Koriyama -- Feelings about words / Mary O'Neill -- Writers / Jean Little -- The poem that got away / Felice Holman -- Days / Karle Wilson Baker -- Poems / Bobbi Katz -- Because / Nikki Giovanni -- Poetry time / Lee Bennett Hopkins -- Shallow poem / Gerda Mayer -- Paperclips / X.J. Kennedy -- Keep a poem in your pocket / Beatrice Schenk de Regniers -- I'm sitting writing poems / Jack Prelutsky -- The poem on my pillow / Brod Bagert -- The critic / John Farrar.